- Date
- April 22, 1986, 16:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Melbourne, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N528FTPiper PA-28RT-201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860422013469A
- Case key
- 31608
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt stated that they were doing touch & go landings & on liftoff, the eng sputtered & lost power. She then took over the controls from the student & attempted to land on another rwy & landed hard. Post crash examination of the eng revealed that the eng lost power due to carbon build-up under the exhaust valves on the #1 & #2 cylinders.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N528FT
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201 (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-8218022
- Airframe hours
- 2,192
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Florida Institute Technology
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 26, 1986 · 62 hours before
- Departed
- MLB · Melbourne, FL
- Airport
- X59 · Valkaria, runway 31, 3,000 × 180 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 559 total · 82 in this make and model · 413 as pilot in command · 155 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 19 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLB, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.